#282C1E#282C1E

#282C1E is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.025 H 121.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C1E
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 30)
HSL	hsl(77, 19%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(77, 32%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 31.8%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, -4.87, 8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 9.82, 119.73°)
OKLab	oklab(28.45% -0.0129 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(28.45% 0.025 121)
XYZ	xyz(2.0101, 2.3462, 1.5750)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C1E #221E2C

analogous

#2C291E #282C1E #212C1E

triadic

#282C1E #1E282C #2C1E28

tetradic

#282C1E #1E2C29 #221E2C #2C1E21

square

#282C1E #1E2C29 #221E2C #2C1E21

split-complementary

#282C1E #1E212C #291E2C

monochromatic

#11120C #11120C #282C1E #495037 #6A7550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#282C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#282C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C1E

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C1E	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.025 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626559',
    500: '#282c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c1e;
$custom-light: #626559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28454,
    "c": 0.02513,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C1E

secondary

#4E485E

accent

#6CBC83

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#EAEBE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#050503

muted

#797A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C1E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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